Mechanism for producing accurately pitched cutting on circular work



Nov. 2, 1937 E. BUCHHOLZ 2,098,132

MECHANISM FOR PRODUCING ACCURATELY PITCHED CUTTING ON CIRCULAR WORK Filed Dec. 16, 1935 I In venzor:

Patented Nov. 2, 1937 UNITED STATES .PATENT' OFFICE LY PITCHED WORK MECHANISM FOR PRODUCING ACCURATE- C'U'lTlNG N CIRCULAR Erich Biichholz, Berlin, Germany, assignor to Herbert Lindner, Berlin-Wittenau, Germany Application 16, 1935, Serial No. 54,780

. n Germany January 18, 1935 eam. (01-. 90-1) The invention relates to mechanism hr producing accurately pitched cutting on circular work pieces in which a worm gear acting as a lead or pitch screw is utilized, and more particu- 0 special importance as affecting the accuracy of the pitch of the work piece. Considerable difli-r culty is always encountered in producing a pitch or lead wheel of this kind having teeth of sumv ciently' accurate pitch as even long and careful, finishing cannot eradicate all the remaining defects and for this reason perfectly pitched cutting of the work piece cannot be obtained. Aiter the pitch device has been in'use for some time these defects increase and the device no' longer 20 possesses the required degree of accuracy.

The invention, has for its object wholly to elimi- I hate the effect of the pitch defects or inaccuracies finally present in the pitch wheeler to reduce them to a tolerable value and for this purpose 2 utilizes the known basic principle, employed for compensating for defects in screw threads, 01' givingcompensating auxiliary displacements to the standard gear member derived from a curved guide constructed in accordance with the inac- 3 curacies in pitch 01' this gear member. In the present case an auxiliary rotation is imparted to the pitch or lead wheel and according to the invention this is effected by axial displacementoi the driving worm.

The compensating or correcting device which is displaced through suitable transmission mechanismby the curved guide as the pitch or lead wheel rotates acts in an axial direction upon a pitch curved supporting member for the lead 40 worm or a member provided with this pitch curve in such a manner that the one is rotated relative to the other.

The said supporting member comprises the longitudinal bearing 01' the worm and is held against 45 the pitch curve, under the action of a spring, for example. For the purpose in view the pitch curve may be a screwthread and the supporting memher is then located in a bushing. provided with an external screw thread which engages in an so internal screw thread in the hub of a lever or the like, this hub being mounted in the casing in such a manner that it is rotatable but axially stationary, the lever cooperating with thecurved guide. v 1 55' This guide is 01' circular form in' order to eliminate special driving mechanism, and is mounted on the rotary table carrying the work piece. If, after a long period of use, the'pitch inaccuracies of the worm wheel increase, the curved guide can easily be subsequently reformed. The invention is comparatively simple and inexpensive from the constructional point or view and can also be applied to existing devices or machines, such as rotary cutting or grinding machine tools and the like, so as to enable these to fulfill the most exacting conditions of accuracy.

The invention is illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawing of which Figure 1 is a diagrammatic plan partly sectional of the rotatingwork table of a machine tool embodying one form of the invention, Figure 2 being a crosssectional view of Figure 1. 1 Figure 3 is a developed view of the curved guide.

Referring now to the. drawing, the work piece (not shown) is mounted on the rotary table I of the machine tool and'is arranged to be machined by a rotating cutter or grinding wheel, for ex-- ample. In order to effect the rotary movement of the work piece, the table plate Ia, which is rotatable on the-base I b about a pivot pin lc, is

set into rotation by worm gearing 2, 3. The worm wheel 3 is .either integral with the rotary plate laor is mounted as a rim on the plate. The driving worm 2 is carried by a shaft 2a, which is rotatably mounted at 4,v 5 in the worm casing and is driven by a gear wheel 8, the rotation of which is derived from the rotary movement of the tool, through intermediate gear wheels, for example. The point of support 4 is located directly in the worm casing in the construction illustrated, while the point of. support 5 is in a bushing! which is provided on its outer circumference with a screw thread ofhigh accuracy engaging with the corresponding internal screw thread of a bushing s. The bushing a is mounted in the casing so as to be rotatable but it is prevented from axial movement and is provided with a lever arm 9, the'end of which carries a roller Ill adapted-to engage with a circular guide ll secured to the rotary table. In order to ensure continuous entmellosothatthebushinglisrotatedinone-i by said table, a worm meshing with said worm wheel, a shaft carrying said worm, bearings supporting said shaft for' revoluble and longitudinal movement of said shaft, and means carried by said tablefor longitudinally shitting said shaft in accordance with variations in the pitch of said worm wheel, said means being arranged to correct inaccuracies of the pitch of the worm wheel. said last means including a cam on said work piece support and extending continuously therearound, journal means for supporting said shaft, means on said shaft for establishing definite longitudinal positional relation between said shaft and said journal means comprising a screw on said shaft and a nut fixed against longitudinal movement and mounted on said screw, and means to vary the longitudinal displacement of the shaft with respect to variations in the pitch of the teeth on the worm wheel, including an arm fixed to said nut and engaging said cam.

ERICH Bucnnoiz. 

